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13 verified Israelis who returned from training were caught with fake corona tests Israel today

2021-09-09T15:27:42.846Z


Following early information received by the Ministry of Health, all those landing in Israel are inspected throughout the day.


About ten Israelis who returned from training were caught today (Thursday) with fake tests, following early information received by the Ministry of Health.

Throughout the day, all those landing in Israel are inspected, and sources involved in the matter estimate that the number of fake inspections will increase significantly - and there are fears of hundreds of similar cases.

About 25,000 Israelis traveled to Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, and more than 10,000 will return to Israel during the day.

These are passengers who left Uman for Israel, were examined in Ukraine and were found there verified.

According to information passed to the Population Authority, dozens of them boarded flights with fake permits.

So far, 13 passengers have been detained at the entrance by the border controllers of the Population and Immigration Authority and taken for further police treatment.

Over ten were caught with fake tests (photographers have no connection to the article) // Photo: Yehuda Peretz,

Artist Operation: Effort to Prevent Counterfeiting

About a week and a half before the flights to Uman took off, the law enforcement authorities feared a wave of forgeries by verified followers of the virus and refused to stay in Israel.

In previous years, a senior official told Israel Today, there has been an industry of forgery of passports by Hasidim who were willing to do anything to get to the grave of Rabbi Nachman Mauman, so there will be those who will not hesitate to forge a corona check to get there, certainly after a year of absence.

To combat the phenomenon, law enforcement officials said they would take a series of anti-counterfeiting measures.

Among other things, the corona certificates will be examined very carefully.

In addition, they warn the devotees that if fakes are indeed found this could dramatically delay the flight - something that will hurt the hundreds of passengers to Uman who are on the plane.

The senior official points out that flights may be delayed for long hours after their original departure time.

The hope was that the very threat of delaying flights to Ukraine would be enough to make forgers think twice and avoid flying, as such messages are quickly conveyed in followers' WhatsApp groups.

Source: israelhayom

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